Here are some useful resources and sites that you can can for class activities, projects and/or research.

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General Research Online Resources

• French Language Website The French Language website includes sections on French history, useful phrases, basic words, an introduction to grammar, literature, slang, and French teaching resources.
• Culture-crossing site:a guide to customs, traditions, etc. in many countries:excellent resources to use for class
• CultureGrams-all kinds of information and resources about many countries in the world. (User name:luv, password: cgrams)
• Lots of French cultural links
• World Mapper-Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. From mobile phone usage to literacy and mortality rates, there is a great range of maps here.
• Texting en français-Les textos français
• Vikidia:images et info (comme wikipedia mais pour les jeunes)
• Best French Resources

Pictures for Projects

• Bamjam-great resource of pictures from around the world.
• Virtourist-pictures and information from around the world
• MFL Image Bank-royalty-free images from Scotland Modern Foreign Languages
• Pictures for projects
• Flickr pictures you can use for projects, etc.
• Animated gifs
• Wildlife clipart-free from British museum

Music for Projects

• Royality-free music for projects
• Free music for projects
• More free music for projects
• Copy-right free music
• Free classical music mp3 directory-great for projects
• French music and exercises to practice
• Paroles Mania-Musique>

Games

• Animated French Language Learning Games This site contains free to use interactive activities for learning a wide variety of languages and links to study resources. All activities require the use of Macromedia Flash Player.

Dictionaries and Translation

• Word Reference
• Text to Voice Translator-fun
• Audio French-English dictionary
• Free Online spell check (English-French-Spanish)
• Google translation

Writing

• Help with writing an essay in French, including transitional phrases,etc.:
  

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Literature

• Lit Gloss: This site has a connection to original selections of literature in many different languages. Also included is the context of the piece and additional resources to better understand it.
• Audio-Vidéo Littérature: listen or see authors' works
• Littérature audio
• Littérature Archive audio-beaucoup de poètes
• Audiocité
• Littérature-audio et vidéo
• La Litteratureaudio

Art

• Artchive: Click on Mona Lisa to enter.
• Artists and their paintings: Just type in the name of the artist to see a painting.
• Art Gallery: Excellent source of famous artists. Includes bios and paintings, as well as an index for countries and artists and world literature and art.
• French Art: An alphabetical sort of online encyclopedia about French art
• French Art History: An English-language website dedicated to French art history
• Décod’Art: French-language website guides viewers through art analysis, comparison, and exploration.

Music

• Paroles Mania: Sites with the words to many Francophone songs
• Musique Francophone
• Musique et paroles
• Musique-les chanteurs, les groupes, etc.

Science

• Le laboratoire: Venez jouer, découvrir et bricoler avec les sciences.

Francophone TV station/radio sites**

• tv5
• tf1
• Les jours sur la planète-TV5-video avec des exercises
• Videos from various French TV resources
• Télévision en ligne
• Les publicités
• Euronews
• Deutsche Welle-Les infos en français
• Listen Live-Radio stations-music from around the world
• CultureBox-Fr3-info culturelle en vidéo
• Les infos-20 minutes.fr

Grammar/Vocabulary

• French online tutorial-great list of vocabulary and grammar according to level, plus practice MP3's.
• Great grammar explanations
• Grammar explanations: Excellent source for reviewing grammar
• Advanced grammar
• Instant verb conjugator
• Vocabulary lists with sounds
• French language course
• Google Earth
• U. S. Department of State travel and passport information

Study Abroad

• Rotary International student exchange: information about the student exchange through this International service club.
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International Baccalaureate

• International Baccalaureate site

Media

Newspapers:
Radio
France 20 minutes
Euronews Latest world news (streaming video too) from a European perspective.
Les Info de La Belgique (RTBF)